Light earthquake, 4.38 mag was detected near Fern Forest in Hawaii

A light earthquake magnitude 4.38 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Fern Forest in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.62 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: hv72294777. Event ids that are associated: pt20356050, hv72294777. Exact location of earthquake, -155.11283333333° West, 19.340166666667° North, depth 5.62 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/12/20 / 2020-12-21 08:36:27 / December 21, 2020 @ 8:36 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 08:36:27 / 8:36 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.38 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-155.11283333333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.340166666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.62 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-12-21 08:36:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-21 08:49:02	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	116	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.9	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	5.809	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	340	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	hv	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,hv,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	49	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.13 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	140	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	hv72294777	Id of event.
Event Code	72294777	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt20356050,hv72294777,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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